Microsoft
Money 2003 Standard provides a quick and easy way to
organize and manage your personal finances. Create a
budget, reduce debt, balance your checkbook, pay bills
and manage your home finances. Personal finance made
simple. With Microsoft Money 2003 Standard you can
easily manage your cash flow, balance your checkbook,
create and track a budget, pay your bills and organize
your finances, view a complete picture of your financial
health in one place. Achieve your future financial
goals. Reduce your debt, forecast your cash flow,
finance an education or save to buy a house or car. Make
smarter financial decisions. See where your money goes!
Get a visual picture of income and expenses, cash flow,
category spending, budget and more. Receive
personalized, prescriptive guidance!!
Features/Specifications
Attractive Retail Box
Money 2003 Canadian Edition Rebate:
Dates Valid: 8/1/2002 - 8/15/2003
$15.00CAD
Save time organizing &
managing your finances. Balance your checkbook,
pay bills, bank online, create a budget, reduce your
debt, manage investments, plan for the future,
simplify taxes, and organize your finances-all in
one place-while receiving personalized financial
guidance.
Create a budget you can live
with. Simplify the process of creating and
tracking your budget. Spending Thermometers show you
how much you've spent in any budget category.
Get out of debt. Use Money's
Debt Reduction Planner to help you become debt-free!
Experiment with different payment scenarios to see
how they affect your debt reduction schedule.
Compare your spending habits. Money's
new comparison reports reveal changes in your
spending by putting information from two different
time periods side-by-side. Analyze your spending
against the previous year, previous month or a
custom date range you select.
Bank online with ease. The
Login Wizard and Online Services Manager make set up
and maintaining your online banking easy. As you
work in other programs, Background Banking will keep
your financial information up to date. The new Auto
Balancing feature compares your Money data to your
bank's records and automatically balances your
accounts.
Take control of your bills.
The Bills Outbox and Batch Bill Pay let you enter an
entire stack of electronic bills offline and then
send them when you connect to the internet. The new
Bill Estimator helps you better prepare for bills
that fluctuate by using previous instances to
calculate your upcoming estimated payments.
Make smart financial decisions
on the Web. While you're shopping, banking, or
investing on the Web, use the revolutionary
MoneySide for relevant data from Money. It gives you
instant access to your financial information so you
can stay informed, make smarter decisions, and spend
wisely.
Get anytime, anywhere access. Synchronize
with MSNTM Money to access your Money data on the
Web while you're away from home. Or, use Money for
Pocket PC, and your Money data travels with you.
See where your money goes.
Choose from standard financial reports or create
your own to get a clear picture of your income and
expenses, cash flow, category spending, budget, and
more.
What's New
Account & Bills
Auto Balancing: Automates statement
reconciliation by comparing your account register to
the bank's electronic records.
Bill Estimator: Use the past
payments of a bill to better estimate your upcoming
expenses.
Batch Bill Pay: You can store an
entire stack of electronic payments and send the
entire set at once.
Bill Outbox: Enter electronic
payments while offline. Later, you can connect to
the Internet to send them.
Investing
Portfolio Customization Toolbar: A
quick and easy way to tailor the portfolio to your
personal preferences.
Portfolio Highlights: A special
section of the portfolio with Investing FYI alerts
and helpful investment graphs.
Equity and Index Options: Track
Equity and Index Options, calls, puts, and LEAPS
within Money and use the Exercise Wizard to walk
through exercising them.
Capital Gains Scenarios: Set up
"what-if" situations and use the Loss
Carryover feature to map out strategies to lessen
your capital gains taxes.
Quote Manager: Automatically delete
unused stock symbols from your Money file, reducing
your file size and download times.
Online Investing Research Center:
Study potential investments and current holdings in
the new online investing research centre.
Reporting
Comparison Reports: Evaluate your
spending against a different time period in reports
categorized by payee, category and income vs.
spending.
Portfolio Analysis Report: Review
your portfolio with a StockScouter rating for each
stock in your portfolio.
Product
Requirements
Pentium 166 MHz MMX or faster
processor; Pentium II 300 MHz recommended
Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, Me, or
XP
32 MB RAM; 64 MB recommended
85 MB hard disk space, plus 50 MB
for Internet Explorer 6.0 or later (included on the
CD) if not already installed, plus an additional 68
MB if running instructional videos and audio help
from hard drive
Internet functionality requires an
Internet service provider (ISP); local and long
distance telephone toll charges may apply
2x or faster CD-ROM drive
SVGA graphics card or compatible
video graphics adapter
SVGA
color monitor with minimum
256 colors, capable of displaying 800x600
resolution, 16-bit color recommended
Microsoft Mouse or compatible
pointing device
28.8 Kbps or higher modem required
for Internet connectivity and online banking
Audio board with headphones or
speakers required for audio
Some features require Microsoft
Passport
Windows XP requires 64 MB of RAM,
128 MB or higher recommended, and a Pentium II 266
MHz minimum
1. Online banking/brokerage options
vary by financial institution. Contact your
financial institution for program details. You can
only transfer funds between accounts at the same
financial institution.
2. The Converter Wizard for Quicken
files in the Canadian version of Money 2003 will
convert files from Quicken Canadian versions 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and Quicken 2002.
3. You must have Internet Explorer
6 to access this feature
